Johann Schwarzhuber

Johann Schwarzhuber
Schwarzhuber listens to his death sentence being read out at the Ravensbrück trial
Born	Johann Schwarzhuber 29 August 1904 Tutzing, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died	3 May 1947(1947-05-03) (aged 42) Hamelin Prison, Hamelin, Allied-occupied Germany
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Criminal status	Executed
Conviction(s)	War crimes
Trial	Hamburg Ravensbrück trials
Criminal penalty	Death
Military career
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Schutzstaffel
Rank	SS-Obersturmführer
Commands held	Auschwitz-Birkenau men's camp Ravensbrück concentration camp

Johann Schwarzhuber (29 August 1904 – 3 May 1947) was a Nazi German SS-Obersturmführer, who was in charge of various concentration subcamps during World War II. His positions included the Schutzhaftlagerführer of the Auschwitz-Birkenau men's camp, where he oversaw the selection process for the gassing of thousands of detainees. He was later transferred to the Ravensbrück concentration camp, where he held the post of the Lagerdirektor, second only to the overall camp commander Fritz Suhren. With Suhren on the run, Schwarzhuber was the highest-ranking defendant during the first Ravensbrück trial. In front of the British military tribunal he was indicted for war crimes for his role in the Holocaust, sentenced to death and subsequently executed in 1947.